Multiple Column Match and Lookupvalue

[Anonymous]

I have two table, Table1 has a list of employees and Table2 has a list of courses completed by each employee as shown below.

Table1

Employee List

Employee A

Employee B

Employee C

Employee D

Employee E

Employee F

Table2

Employee	Course Name	Course Date
Employee A	Course 1	01-02-20
Employee A	Course 2	02-02-20
Employee A	Course 3	03-02-20
Employee A	Course 3	04-02-20
Employee A	Course 3	05-02-20
Employee B	Course 1	12-01-20
Employee B	Course 2	13-01-20
Employee B	Course 3	14-01-20
Employee B	Course 2	15-01-20
Employee C	Course 1	17-01-20
Employee C	Course 2	18-01-20
Employee C	Course 3	19-01-20
Employee D	Course 1	05-01-20
Employee D	Course 2	06-01-20
Employee D	Course 3	07-01-20

I want to see the latest course date by each course for each employee and blank if a employee dont have a record, something that results like below. Please help.

Employee List	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3
Employee A	01-02-20	02-02-20	05-02-20
Employee B	12-01-20	15-01-20	14-01-20
Employee C	17-01-20	18-01-20	19-01-20
Employee D	05-01-20	06-01-20	07-01-20
Employee E
Employee F

[az38 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

try to create a new calculated table

LastCourseTable = SUMMARIZE(
Table2, Table2[Employee], Table2[Course Name],
"Last Date", MAX(Table2[Course Date])
)

then create a relationship Table1 - LastCourseTable 

by Employee coulmn

then create a matrix visual with:

Rows - Table1[Employee List] (set Showitems with no data) in row parameter

Columns - LastCourseTable[Course Name]

Values -  LastCourseTable[Last Date]

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[TheDataMustFlow · Accepted solution]

You don't really need to create a measure to obtain the desired result.

All you need is to create a relationship between table 1 and table 2 on the employee columns, create a matrix visual with:

Rows: Table 1 Employee List

Columns: Table 2 Course Name

Values: Course Date

Then you need to select Latest for the values:

Alternatively, you can create a measure to calculate the latest date: Latest Date = Max(Table2[Course Date]) and put it in values instead

then, select Show items with no data for the rows:

 and then, remove the subtotals:

the end result should be something like this:

I suggest that you create a table just for the courses list and link it to Table 2 so that your matrix can also show courses not completed by any employee.

I hope this helps.

[az38 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

try to create a new calculated table

LastCourseTable = SUMMARIZE(
Table2, Table2[Employee], Table2[Course Name],
"Last Date", MAX(Table2[Course Date])
)

then create a relationship Table1 - LastCourseTable 

by Employee coulmn

then create a matrix visual with:

Rows - Table1[Employee List] (set Showitems with no data) in row parameter

Columns - LastCourseTable[Course Name]

Values -  LastCourseTable[Last Date]

do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution

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[Anonymous]

Hi, thanks for providing me with a solution. 

Is there a way to create a new table similar to visual matrix?  

Thanks

[TheDataMustFlow]

To clarify, you are looking to create a data table that will have the same information as the matrix visual?